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Apple releases Mac OS X Leopard Security Guide
06.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Apple releases Mac OS X Leopard Security Guide:
“Apple offers sys-admins almost 250 pages of security best-practices and tips to protect Mac OS X Leopard clients.
Released on Monday, the guide document is a 3.4MB PDF. The guide is aimed at experienced users, Apple says, familiar with the Terminal application and its command-line interface.
Some instructions in this [...]
Mac OS Server
10.5.3 Server: Did they fix it yet?
05.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Thread on AFP548 to watch on the 10.5.3 bugfixes and breaks.
10.5.3 Server: Did they fix it yet?:
“Today marks the release of 10.5.3 Client and Server. There have been a few nasty bugs in Leopard Server that have given us a headache or two. The primary being being the Directory Services issue with AFP connections. The [...]
Mac OS Server
OS X Server Admin Tools Updated for Mac OS X 10.5.3
05.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I have to admit, I am really psyched that they finally updated these. The 10.5 tools had so many little bugs that added up to a very frustrating experience. The timing is great too, I’ve got a conference call with Apple to discuss Leopard Server migration at Noon today.
OS X Server Admin Tools Updated for [...]
Mac OS Server
Apple posted its Second Version of Open Directory Administration Guide.
05.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Apple posted its Second Version of Open Directory Administration Guide.: “

There were some bugs in the first version of the ‘Mac OS X Server Open Directory Administration For Version 10.5 Leopard’ ‘
Check out the new version.’
Open Directory Administration‘
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Open_Directory_Admin_v10.5.pdf

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(Via AFP548.)
Mac OS Server
AD-OD Sandbox
03.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

AD-OD Sandbox:
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There are plenty of online articles, whitepapers, and listserve archives that talk about Active Directory and Open Directory integration, but there hasn’t been one document that graphically walked people through the steps of setting up Active Directory from scratch and then tying Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server into that. Hopefully this [...]
Mac OS Server
Leopard Server Quickstart Guide
03.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Leopard Server Quickstart Guide: “

Corey Carson has updated his how-to for Leopard.
This updated quickstart guide is very similar to the Tiger Server Quickstart Guide posted in 2005. Its primary purpose is to get you up and running quickly, overcoming common hurdles such as DNS and binding confusions. With the move to launchd over cron, [...]
Mac OS Server, Macs
Serial port access through Terminal in Leopard Server
02.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I’m not sure how often you’d want to access a switch using terminal from a server, but I guess when you desperately need a serial port you do whatever it takes.
Serial port access through Terminal in Leopard Server:
“Having a pressing need to access a Cisco router via the console cable, and not having a PC [...]